There are periods of time where I might spend 80% of my time "coding", meaning I have minimal meetings and other responsibilities.

However, even out of that 80% of my time, what fraction is actually spent "writing code"?

AI can be an enormous accelerator for the time I'd normally spend writing lines of code by hand, but it doesn't really help with the rest of the work:

- Understanding the problem - Waiting for the build system and tests to run - Manually testing the app to make sure it behaves as I'd like - Reviewing the diff to make sure it's clear - Uploading the PR and writing a description - Responding to reviewer feedback

There are times when AI can do the "write the code" portion 10x faster than I could, but if it's production code that actually matters, by the time I actually review the code, I doubt it's more than 2x.

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coldtea 2 hours ago | parent [-]

>AI can be an enormous accelerator for the time I'd normally spend writing lines of code by hand, but it doesn't really help with the rest of the work:

What part of those you think it doesn't help with?

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